![]() ![]() It offers a chance to step back in time and create beautiful camera-less photographic images. These materials leave x-ray like marks of both their shapes and interiors. These prints are made by a contact printing process using organic materials that leave traces and shadows on photosensitive surfaces. The Lumen Prints technique is also known as solar photograms. Lumen Prints are made from organic materials gathered from the kitchen, the garden and Vancouver beaches. In a world where digital photography is dominant, it’s easy to forget the magic of traditional photographic processes. Once you've photographed or scanned in your print you can get even more creative, by adding frames, colour, texture, creating photopaintings (that's a different blog post!) or keeping it simple to create beautiful timeless prints. Lumen Prints: A Camera-less Photographic Process. Here again, you can see a variation in the tones, with the details being less defined creating a softer, barely there image. Layering the leaves & flowers, also creates a sense of depth & an ethereal quality to the image. ![]() ![]() The resulting image is a simple arrangement with a pink sepia background & white silhouetted foliage, rather than the differentiated white and pink detailed tones in the previous print. Here's another example of how unique each print is. Her photographic works use a variety of mediums to share her worldview 35mm film, recycled photographic paper used to create lumen prints, plus a smidge of digital. With lumen prints you can experiment with the materials, paper, positioning, as well as development time (the image being left out in the light) to create different effects. Natasha Sanchez is a photographer, songwriter, and educator exploring, sharing and always inspired by the vast richness of our world. In the image above, you can also see that I've created a diptych, by using two pieces of photographic paper. The image is likely to change slowly over time (unless fixed), so photographing or scanning the image right away is a good idea! Simply remove the objects (the leaves, flowers & salt) to reveal the "print". After being left in the sun for a few hours, the lumen print is made. ![]()
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